The 17 Best Amazon Prime Video Original Shows

By YPB Team

From superhero satire to post-apocalyptic adventures, Prime Video's original lineup spans prestige drama, binge-worthy action, and cult favourites across multiple genres. Which show deserves the crown?

The Boys

A razor-sharp superhero satire following a group of vigilantes fighting corrupt, celebrity-worshipping superheroes in a corporate-controlled world.

1000pts

Fallout

A critically acclaimed live-action adaptation of the beloved video game franchise, set in a post-nuclear American wasteland teeming with dark humour and moral ambiguity.

898pts

Daisy Jones and The Six

A vivid rock-era drama about the meteoric rise and messy implosion of a fictional 1970s LA band, told in documentary style.

746pts

Invincible

A strikingly adult animated superhero series based on the comic by Robert Kirkman, following a teenager learning his father is the world's most powerful — and dangerous — hero.

703pts

Clarkson's Farm

Jeremy Clarkson's endlessly entertaining, surprisingly heartfelt documentary about his disastrous and delightful attempts to run a working farm in the Cotswolds.

703pts

Bosch

A long-running, character-driven detective drama following LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch through morally complex cases in Los Angeles.

703pts

Transparent

Jeffrey Tambor's Golden Globe-winning drama about a Los Angeles family whose lives are upended when their father comes out as a transgender woman.

653pts

Outer Range

A supernatural mystery-western starring Josh Brolin as a Wyoming rancher who discovers a bottomless black void on his land.

653pts

Citadel

A globe-spanning spy thriller created by the Russo brothers, featuring amnesiac agents rebuilding their identities while a criminal syndicate hunts them.

653pts

Reacher

A muscular action thriller following Jack Reacher, a drifting ex-military investigator who stumbles into trouble in small-town America.

594pts

Gen V

A bold college spin-off of The Boys set at a superhero university, blending dark coming-of-age drama with the franchise's biting social satire.

522pts

The Terminal List

A tense action-thriller starring Chris Pratt as a Navy SEAL who uncovers a conspiracy after his entire platoon is killed on a mission.

522pts

Fleabag

Phoebe Waller-Bridge's BAFTA and Emmy-sweeping two-series comedy about a chaotic, sharp-tongued London woman navigating grief and bad decisions.

435pts

The Rings of Power

Amazon's epic, big-budget return to Middle-earth, set thousands of years before The Lord of the Rings during the forging of the One Ring.

435pts

The Expanse

A deeply praised hard sci-fi series set in a colonised solar system where political tensions between Earth, Mars, and the asteroid belt explode into conflict.

435pts